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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Schools, rivers and work

 

 

 

 

Schools, rivers and work

Over the past few days the learning about the diocese of Bangassou continues.

Saturday was dedicated to the meeting of the College of Consultors. This was a small group of priests who constitute an advisory body on the most important and delicate issues of the diocese.

On Sunday we went to Tokoyo, a neighborhood of Bangassou. Here we have the other parish in the city, and we celebrated Mass in a church full of people. After Mass we got to greet the Imam of Bangassou. Here too there is a long and beautiful story: in 2017 the Muslims of the city, mostly women and children, (over 2,000 people), were threatened by the anti-balaka militias, and since have been welcomed for five years in the diocese's seminary.

On Tuesday we went to Nyakari, a parish 17 km from Bangassou. To get there we had to cross the river, and we did it with the bac, a large metal raft.

The parish here is entrusted to 3 Spiritan fathers. We came here to check the solar energy panels, which had not been working well for a few months. We also took the opportunity to visit the mission schools: from nursery school, to elementary school, up to middle school. There is also a small hospital, run by the Mission.

We arrived May 1st, where here too it was a day of celebration. We celebrated Mass at 6.30, and during the service the work tools were blessed: bic, notebooks, hoes, seeds...

Great work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




Il dispensario di Nyakari
le dispensaire de Nyakari

Le scuole elementari di Nyakari
Les écoles primaires de Nyakari





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